to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
execution; carrying out; performance; lead monk performing various tasks in a temple
government service; the bureaucracy
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
secret (method, trick, etc.); key (e.g. to success); mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.); recipe; trick
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
high; noble; refined; advanced
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
living thing; organism; creature; biology
principle; theory; fundamental truth
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to investigate; to examine
penal servitude; submitting to a sentence; pleading guilty
proper use; using (different things) for different purposes
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
exquisiteness; charm; beauty; advantage; profit; gain
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
make-up; get-up; disguise; costume
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems